Constitutional democracy / by Janos Kis ; translated by Zoltan Miklosi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kis, János, 1943-

Standardized Title:

Alkotmányos demokrácia. English

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Liberalism.

Constitutional courts--Hungary.

Constitutional courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Constitutional Democracy".

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

THE COMMON GOODAND CIVIC VIRTUE

1. Liberalism and republicanism

2. The preference-aggregating model

3. The ethical model: the responsible voter

4. The ethical model: the relation between private and communal preferences

5. The ethical model: public debate and voting

6. On the relation of the two models

7. Liberalism and the descriptive claims of the ethical model

8. Virtue in politics

9. The politics of virtue and personal autonomy

10. Concluding remarks

AGAINST THE COMPROMISE THESIS

1. Introduction

2. The conflict

3. Constitutional constraints, constitutional review

4. Political equality and rule by the majority

5. Equality of votes and equality of voters

6. Contractarian theory: the selection of voting rules

7. A weakness of contractarian theory

8. The typology of preferences

9. Filtering the preferences of the contracting parties

10. Moral discussion before the contract

11. The mandate of the guardians of the constitution

12. Summary and restrictions

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW

2. Interpreting the constitution

3. Striking down legislation

THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

1. The interpretive practice of the Constitutional Court

2. Summary and a glance to the future

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611268701

9780585464324

1-281-26870-4

OCLC:

76898650